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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

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Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai View All

Crew

Ry�z� Kikushima (Screenplay), Mikio Naruse (Director) View All

Release: Jan. 15th, 1960

Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

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